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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
- [GUNSHOT, GLASS SHATTERING] - [INDISTINCT POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
RYAN: One-two.
One-two.
That's it.
Again!
Circle back.
Damn... it's official.
You're a force to be reckoned with, Chief Woodburn.
Yeah. You worried?
About what?
You detonated the Thundercloud's
entire organization.
Someone had to.
You're gonna piss a lot of people off, Sam.
That's kinda the point.
They're gonna come after you.
Come on. let's hit the tires... let's go!
Come on.
- Um... - That's it.
If I didn't stop it, no one would.
Circle back.
Go, go, go, go... Yep.
Grab a drink.
[SAM PANTING]
Hey.
Lookin' sexy as hell
seeing you kick ass like this.
Oh yeah?
Yeah.
Well, what are you waiting for?
Do something about it.
Here?
Are you worried we'll get caught?
Nope.
You take cream or sugar?
Almond milk, please.
[CHUCKLING] Cream's fine.
[CRASHING OF DISHES]
BUKE: I'm out of cream.
- [CRASHING] - Shhhit.
[CLEARS THROAT] Sorry.
I'm just not really used to having company.
It's okay.
I had a nice time last night.
You did?
PATRICIA: Yeah.
[BOTH LAUGH]
You still get the actual paper?
Yeah, old habits die hard, I guess.
I like reading the paper too.
Patricia.
I know last night, that... we didn't, um...
It's just...
PATRICIA: Chuck...
when you're ready, you'll be ready.
It's nice to reconnect.
It is.
Then let's just have a cup of coffee.
Perfect.
[BOTH LAUGH]
[DRUMBEATS]
JANE VOICE-OVER: Hey, Dad, It's me again.
Sorry, we keep missing each other.
But I'm busy like you now.
Anyway, I guess I'll try you this weekend.
Or, call me back if you get a chance?
Bye.
Hey, Lucas.
Hey.
Are we okay to use this now?
Well, it does say neutral.
Well, I'm not neutral.
Just go in.
Which one?
It doesn't matter.
This 'cause of that redhead in operations?
It's more confusing than ever.
Autumn, that's her name, right?
No, it's their name.
What?
Autumn. She's not a she.
She's a he?
She's a they.
How is she a they?
'Cause they identify as non-binary.
The hell does that mean?
Look it up... I have to...
And I still don't know what's going on down there.
It's just so complicated now.
Yeah, it's not like the good old days.
It's like walking through a mine field.
One wrong look.
One word, even.
Yeah. We have to be extra careful.
It's getting so bad, I can't even talk to people now.
Yeah, like, see, I got rules now.
Like, I don't ever compliment women at work.
Oh, come on.
No, it's not worth it.
You know, nice haircut, great job on those ballistics,
are those new jeans'?
Yeah, so?
So, it gets misread, I get hauled into HR
for inappropriate behaviour.
Do you think I'm gonna risk my pension
for being kind?
No.
I don't even look at women in the eye anymore.
You're afraid to look a woman in the eye?
And always take separate cars, too. Always.
Woah, woah, woah, woah.
What if you're partnered up, chasing a lead?
A male alone in a car with a female subordinate.
That's an HR grievance waiting to happen.
Listen, you've gotta be careful.
You've gotta be careful, especially with Sam Woodburn.
Why?
Because she's one of them.
Do... do you... Buke.
Do you seriously think that she got to be chief
because of her experience?
Sam is doing a good job.
Is she?
Yeah.
Look, I was skeptical at first, but...
Really? Really?
Where would she be without you?
Think about it.
[DOOR CREAKS]
NATE: See the paper?
Your picture on page nine.
Star witness.
You're a hero, man.
More like a dead man.
Be lucky if I make it through the afternoon.
They're not gonna touch you now, okay?
Nothing's changed.
They're still gonna sell their smokes,
make their money.
Except, now I have a target on my back.
Look, I thought you should know that Tim and Phil,
they posted bail.
They're out.
Okay, but, don't worry, okay?
We've got you.
Tribal's sent out their best soldier
to keep an eye out for you.
Who's that?
You're lookin' at him.
[SIGHS]
LUCAS: Do you see what's going on?
CONNIE: You know, a few months ago,
people were laughing at the idea
of an integrated partnership
with Tribal Police Force.
We were a joke.
Now, they can't stop talking about us.
They're talking about Woodburn... not you.
You really think I care?
The partnership is what's important.
Integration, inclusion.
It's working.
Did you authorize the Thundercloud bust?
I'm not gonna micromanage every move she makes.
You need to put a leash on her.
I'm afraid it doesn't work that way anymore.
If she's hard charging over your head
on busts like this, what's next?
Huh?
What's to stop her from actually running Tribal?
Don't be ridiculous. It'll never happen.
You let them in, Connie.
- Do you think it's gonna get better? - Oh, come on.
- You're just being paranoid. - Am I?
Just think how good it would look if they put a young,
Indigenous female face, like Samantha Woodburn
in your chair.
Think about it.
This is our department.
Well, they're gunning for us, Connie.
It's only a matter of time.
Am I interrupting?
Where's Sam?
How should I know?
Well, you two are getting pretty tight.
Why is he here?
We need to assess the Thundercloud's fallout.
Did you put Sam up to this?
BUKE: You appointed her Chief, Connie.
She's doing her job.
Isn't that what you wanted?
Sorry I'm late.
You know, you could have consulted us
before you went after the Thunderclouds.
I need your permission to do my job?
You wouldn't have my job if it weren't for me.
Was that like some kind of threat?
CONNIE: You're at a new level of police work
that you clearly don't understand.
We weren't prepared.
It'll take years before anyone is prosecuted.
But they will be.
The Thundercloud's will push back,
claiming their Indian treaty right
to grow and distribute tobacco on the reserve.
So, you've pissed off your own community before we
could protect ourselves.
These people are corrupt and criminals.
People that Daniel was letting go.
CONNIE: You just don't get it, do you?
You've rattled a really big cage here.
Hey, Sam, Buke, we have a situation...
CONNIE: We're not done here yet!
Actually, you might wanna come too, Connie.
CONNIE: Oh, what now?
[BIRDS CHIRPING]
She was shot at close range.
Based on lividity, I'd put time of death
at approximately 8:00 or 9:00 pm.
What the hell was she doing out here?
I don't know yet.
But she was definitely walking around out here.
You see the soil on the boot matches the terrain.
Anything on the dash cam?
No, it was shut off.
BUKE: Off?
Off.
Who called it in?
Security was doing the rounds.
CONNIE: Any cameras?
Witnesses?
No, but it looks like a homeless person was
squatting by that fence.
The tent's empty but uni's are canvasing now.
SAM: Shit.
I want you on that, too.
Let's get a BOLO out of Phil and Tim, right away.
Go wide.
Transit, TSA, DHS, even Border.
These guys did it, they're probably already on the run.
ALANA: Hey, can you confirm that's Justine Trueblood?
You think it's a retaliation against
the tobacco story?
This is police business.
Now, get outta here.
Get outta here!
You happy now, Connie?
Here's what happens when your Tribal recruits
come into the city and pretend to be real cops.
They end up like that.
Care to comment, Chief?
We just lost one of our own, Alana.
Show some damn respect.
Don't you ever talk like that in front of the press.
Justine would still be alive
if it wasn't for this partnership, okay?
Woodburn, this is on her, this is on you.
Oh, shit.
Shit, shit, shit.
- DENNIS: Move. - No, no, no. No.
BUKE: Dennis, there's nothing you can do for her now.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey. - DENNIS: Let me look at her!
BUKE: Just... just breathe, son.
Breathe, breathe.
This was retaliation, wasn't it?
Hmm... by those Thundercloud brothers.
Probably... did they know her?
Of course.
We were always getting called out to their place.
They loved harassing her.
Why?
Easy target.
Young, inexperienced, not afraid to push back.
I mean, that was Justine. She was a fighter.
Okay.
Were you with her last night?
No.
Our shift ended at five.
Do you have any idea why she was out here
at a water treatment facility?
I... we made a bunch of drug busts out here.
Phil and Tim were out on bail.
She was probably following them.
Following them?
She hated those guys.
Maybe she wanted to catch them score.
What did Rachel say?
Who's Rachel?
Her fiancè.
Justine was two spirit?
Yeah.
She was gay.
Two spirits?
Yeah. It's when the masculine and the feminine
are divided into equal parts.
Two spirit.
Hey, listen.
We'll talk to her.
First, we have to find the brothers.
Come on.
Uh-uh-uh, let's take a walk.
Come on.
[SIREN SOUNDS]
BUKE: Cover the front.
GORDON: What the hell's going on here?
SAM: Where are Phil and Tim?
GORDON: Get the hell outta here!
I'm giving you one chance to tell me where they are
- before we arrest you for harbouring. - Harbouring?
We're not harbouring anybody.
Our boys are out on bail.
GORDON: First, you destroy our company.
Then, you drag our names through the press.
And now, this?
It's our legal right to sell tobacco.
Or did you forget?
We just want to talk to the boys, okay?
We were all together last night, but we haven't
seen them all morning.
One big, happy family, huh?
Oh, yeah.
Gordon made his beef tenderloin with his special gravy.
It went late, they stayed over.
We were together all night.
What does it matter?
Do you remember Justine Trueblood?
She's dead.
Well, it wasn't Phil and Tim.
Do you have any evidence, Chief?
Or you're just gonna arrest us all?
Put more of your own people in cuffs.
Get your pretty face on TV.
You're gonna burn for this.
All of you.
Come on, Sam.
Just go ahead, say it.
Say what?
That this is all my fault.
That I shouldn't have blown the whistle.
Stop it.
I'm not doing that.
It's not your fault.
You did your job.
You did it well.
[PHONE BEEPS]
It's Mitch.
MITCH: She was killed with a '38.
Single shot, close range.
Based on blood spatter, and pooling,
she wasn't shot in the car.
Doesn't exactly narrow down our crime scene.
Did you have any luck with the traffic cam?
No.
What about forensics?
It was covered in prints, but nothing we could use.
She did have some rust under her fingernails.
BUKE: Any idea where it came from?
We'll analyze the compound, but it's pretty generic.
Could be from anywhere.
What about the GPS in the vehicle?
Well, we're tracing her route, but it's odd.
She drove around for hours, almost randomly...
Almost like she was on patrol.
Or following someone?
Possibly, yeah.
BUKE: Maybe Dennis was right.
She could have been tailing Phil and Tim
while they were looking to score.
You think they lured her there when no one was around?
Send us a copy of that GPS route.
Maybe we get lucky with the traffic cam.
See if she was on these guys.
Why would she turn off her dash-cam, though?
There's one more thing.
I found this.
SAM: What is that?
Some kind of bird made out of wire.
I found it lodged inside her mouth.
Her mouth?
Is this some kind of, two spirit, native thing?
I don't know.
I don't know what that is.
I know this is really hard.
Do you have any idea what she was doing last night?
She texted me around ten,
said she had some work to do.
But then she never came home.
What do you mean?
RACHEL: She loved being a cop.
That's all she ever wanted to do.
She revered you.
Did Justine have any connection with the
Thundercloud family?
She mentioned them a few times.
Mentioned them, how?
Justine always kept me out of that stuff.
She said it was to protect me.
Protect you from what?
DANIEL: Thanks for meeting us, Justine.
JUSTINE: What's going on, Chief?
This is Gordon Thundercloud.
You know him?
Not really.
Nice to meet you.
Daniel tells me that you're a promising young officer.
Naaah.
DANIEL: The Thunderclouds run a shipping company out of here.
They've had some nasty break-ins recently.
GORDON: Bastards trashed my office,
ripped through my inventory.
It cost me thousands.
I want you to keep an eye on this place after hours.
In... instead of patrol?
We're pretty short-staffed.
This is priority now.
We've gotta look out for our own.
Right, Justine?
Of course.
We really appreciate your help.
Report directly to me on this.
Hours may get a little rocky, but,
I'll make it worth your while.
RACHEL: She was too scared to report it.
Then Daniel got pushed out.
And she didn't know who to trust.
Daniel put her up to this.
No wonder he was so eager
to keep her on the reserve.
PHIL: Great job, Justine.
You earned that.
Mmm... no.
It's okay.
We're sorry for your loss.
[BUKE COUNTING]
Four thousand bucks.
You really think Daniel would kill Justine for this?
Not over four grand.
I'll get Mitch to run the money.
It's probably a dead end, but it's worth a shot.
And what about the hangar?
Unis are posted.
If they show up, we'll know.
You know, this might be out of our hands now, Sam.
What are you talking about?
You saw the plane, right?
Yeah.
So?
So, Phil and Tim, they take out Justine,
you really think they're gonna hang around?
Yeah, but I'm not gonna sit here and wait around.
What about the trucking company?
What about it?
Well, I... maybe someone there knows
where they're hiding.
Nobody's gonna talk to us.
Then, we'll get creative.
Isn't that what you used to do?
What?
If they killed Justine, why would they stick around?
And why would they have a gun in the house?
Where are you going with this?
These guys had access to a plane,
to a fleet of shipping containers.
So, what?
You kill a cop, and then you stick around,
get high where you know we're gonna look?
Doesn't make sense.
What, so you think they're innocent now?
Whoever killed Justine knew what they were doing.
They didn't leave any trail.
That doesn't happen by accident.
What... so, you got some other theory?
Something just doesn't track, Sam.
It was pay back.
I don't know.
Come on.
Buke.
Hold up.
I was just calling you.
You find anything?
Yeah.
We get 'em or not?
Gun didn't match.
We got nothing out of the house.
But, I found something else.
SAM: Yeah, I know.
You'll have it by tomorrow, right?
Okay.
Thanks.
So, what's up?
I talked to Mitch.
And?
He didn't find anything on Tim and Phil.
So, you came over to rub it in my face?
You know that payoff money Rachel gave us?
Sure.
Mitchell ran the serial numbers.
It came from inside the department.
Holy shit.
Which department?
Tribal.
And Justice.
I don't get it.
It was drug money.
It was re-appropriated for a casino sting in 2016.
But the op went sour.
The money disappeared.
2016.
That would have been under Daniel's command.
Yep.
And it gets better.
Guess who authorized it from inside Justice?
Lucas Fielding.
What did Connie say?
I came here first.
You don't think Connie's caught up in this?
No, I doubt it.
But we need to be very careful.
Who else knows?
Just Mitch.
He said he'd keep it quiet until I spoke with you,
but the clock is ticking.
What do we do?
I don't buy Tim and Phil for Justine's murder.
There were no prints, no cameras,
not a shred of evidence.
Nah.
Whoever did this was smart.
They knew what they were doing.
And now, with this money trail...
We need to seriously consider that either
Daniel or someone inside Justice
killed her because she could implicate them
in the Thundercloud enterprise.
Yeah.
It's no secret that Daniel and Lucas are allies.
If he protects Daniel, then...
Okay.
Right there.
Look whose here.
All right.
Team Tribal out on the prowl.
You guys connect the dots on Phil and Tim yet?
We're working on it.
Work a little faster.
LUCAS: Let's nail those little bastards, huh?
Well, do you have anything we can use on them?
Like what?
Past cases, inside dirt.
LUCAS: No.
Nothing at all?
Not really, no.
Tell me, what do you know about that casino sting
in 2016 that went south?
That was Daniel's show.
But you authorized the money out of Justice?
So?
I wasn't the one that bungled it.
What does that got to do with anything?
BUKE: Well, it might look pretty bad for you
if that money ended up in Phil and Tim's hands.
What happened, Lucas?
Look, it was just a counterfeit cash scam
out of Blackfoot Casino.
Okay? Daniel's crew were running point,
but the frontmen pinched the cash and fled.
And Connie was pissed.
When it all went tits up,
he asked me to get the money back.
But, um...
But, what?
It got messy.
Great job.
Couldn't find this bastard anywhere.
I thought you were gonna talk to him.
DANIEL: There was a discrepancy.
Don't worry.
We'll get the money back.
What is she doing here?
Relax.
She's part of the team.
You're doing a great job.
Wait for me in the car.
She's one of mine.
Falls out of line, I'll handle it.
LUCAS: He had Justine all twisted up.
And when you guys blew the whistle,
that changed the game.
How?
Well, Daniel on the outside,
and this Thundercloud kid in custody,
it was only a matter of time before Justine came clean.
So, with her out of the way, Daniel's protected?
It's his words against the Thunderclouds.
- Yeah. - SAM: Come on.
You really believe that Daniel would kill Justine?
[LUCAS SIGHS]
Listen, I never liked that guy.
He's always skating on the edge.
And I've heard rumours.
Don't look so shocked, Buke.
If someone was threatening to air your dirty laundry...
What the hell does that mean, Lucas?
Who knows what anyone really does, huh Buke?
'Scuse me.
What was that about?
[CONNIE SIGHS]
What a mess.
So, you're saying Phil and Tim are innocent.
Well, that's a stretch.
But we can't connect them to the crime scene.
Well, who else knows about the money?
Just us, and Mitch.
Gotta keep this thing contained.
Daniel... the man's like a virus,
infecting the entire program.
So, what else have we got?
The money.
And Lucas's testimony.
Any evidence connecting him to Justine?
Not yet.
Might be too late, but we can try searching his place.
A judge would never grant a warrant
based on what we have.
It depends on the judge.
Look, if we accuse Daniel of killing Justine
and we're wrong, the entire native community
will come after us.
Never seemed to bother you before.
This is different.
We're talking about arresting the ex-Chief
for murdering his own Tribal cop.
The longer we wait, the more chances he has
to slip through.
I'll talk to him.
And expose our hand?
Well, Daniel and I go back a lot of years.
If the man's lying, I'll know about it.
Trust me.
SAM: Daniel's dirty, but, a cop killer?
I don't know, Sam.
You really think he's capable?
I think, in this business, right and wrong
get all twisted up sometimes.
He's corrupt, and conniving, and self-serving,
but he's loyal, especially to his own.
If Daniel was boxed in, if he felt threatened by her,
he'd protect himself.
[SAM SIGHS]
Maybe I just don't wanna believe it.
DANIEL: Want a beer?
CONNIE: What, are you drinking again?
Slummin' it, hey Connie?
Nice place.
Is that a new truck?
Pretend to protect us.
You've never even been out here.
Never invited me, did ya?
Let's just call this what it is.
You always were a pain in the ass.
The inconvenient Indian.
Look, I can't protect you anymore.
I never asked for it.
We need to talk about Justine.
Never would've happened if I was still chief.
Talk to me.
What really happened?
You tell me.
How deep are you in on this?
So, I'm killing my own people now, huh?
No, we just want answers!
Well, I don't got 'em.
Who's in charge when she was killed?
Oh, don't you pin this on me.
You're the one that brought her into this.
She trusted you.
Get off my land.
I will get answers.
[DOOR CHIMING]
Let's check the GPS.
[PHONE RINGING]
What's up, Nate?
We've looked everywhere, Sam.
No one recognizes the tent.
Keep looking.
Uh, well, we've got a lot of ground to cover, Chief.
Could use your help.
SAM: Okay, I'll come out and help.
All right, thanks.
What?
I'm gonna go help Nate.
You're gonna go canvas, now?
For a potential eyewitness?
Yeah.
You work the GPS and then see if we can tag
who she was following.
Any closer, Buke?
We are all over it, Dennis.
Is it true what they're saying about Daniel now?
We don't know yet.
You know, I keep seeing her face in that vehicle.
I should have been there for her.
It's not your fault.
But, I know the feeling. I do.
LUCAS: No shit. So, what are we doing, waiting around?
Let's take him.
Look, it's better to be sure.
What, do you need her permission now?
It's not like that.
Sam's never gonna turn on one of her own.
You know that.
Okay, it's up to us, Buke.
You know, it's time that Daniel finally got
what's coming to him.
[MOTOR REVVING]
DANIEL: Call you later.
No.
I said I'll call you later.
Daniel, we have a signed warrant to search your property.
[DANIEL CHUCKLES]
You're a disgrace, Bukanksy.
Hey.
Looks like a 38.
Same calibre that shot Justine.
Call ballistics.
Get it to the lab right away.
Come on.
That's not mine.
Do you really think I'd be that stupid?
Huh?
SAM: Hey.
Have you seen this tent?
MAN: No.
Thanks.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hey Buke.
You did what?
Why all the cloak and dagger?
You heard about Justine being shot?
I told you, Daniel would never have done it.
How well do you know him?
You grew up with him.
Yeah, but he's not the person I remember.
Power and money changed him into something else.
Tends to do that.
Didn't the community see all this?
Why didn't dad see it?
Well, that's why they didn't talk.
A federal judge has to distance himself
from anyone like that.
Dad knew that Daniel was dirty?
Well, he didn't have proof.
Your dad was never good at living in the past.
It wasn't his fight.
And he didn't get involved because I became a Tribal cop.
He was still proud of you.
Where does Gordon Thundercloud fit into all of this?
[SIREN BLASTS]
You gonna stand there, let them treat me like this?
I didn't kill Justine.
She was one of us.
Don't you see what this is?
[PHONE CHIMING]
Mitch just sent word.
Prelim Ballistics confirm it was the same gun used
to kill Justine.
I still can't believe it.
I mean, I can, but...
BUKE: I thought you'd be mad.
Oh, I was.
But, then... I think I get why you did
what you did without me.
If we were wrong and this thing blew up in our faces,
Connie would cut bait throw you under the bus.
No way you'd recover.
But I figured people already hate me, so...
SERVER: These are from Bosco.
SAM: You're not gonna join 'em?
I'm good here.
What?
You.
I mean, sharing a drink with an Indian like me
instead of the good ol' boys?
Stop it.
SAM: Who would've thought?
It wasn't that long ago you could barely stomach
the idea of talking to someone like me.
That's not true.
Or worse... working with someone like me.
That's kinda true.
You weren't exactly thrilled, yourself.
Still not.
Chuck Bukansky as a Tribal cop.
Could you blame me?
To Justine.
Justine.
Where'd you find the gun anyway?
In his house.
BUKE: What?
Nothing, it's just...
Hey, isn't that Patricia?
Patricia!
- Hi. - BUKE: Hey
I was gonna call you, but it's been a busy day.
I heard.
Connie told me you might be here.
You talked to Connie?
I saw the news about Daniel.
BUKE: Yeah, we caught a big one.
Hey, you want a drink?
Bosco just sent this over.
Or, I can buy you one.
I don't want a drink.
Okay.
So, what's going on?
We've had a file on Daniel for years.
We knew he was dirty, but it was always small time.
Looking the other way on DUI's, pinching drugs.
Plus, he was protected as Chief of Tribal.
Wasn't worth the political capital to go after him.
What's going on here?
That all changed when the two of you
sounded the alarm on the Thundercloud operation.
Changed how?
Until then, we had no idea how big
their network really was.
How much money was involved.
My bosses got interested very quickly.
The minute your story broke,
we put a tail on him.
We had a unit posted outside his house
the night Justine was killed.
BUKE: Okay.
So?
They said Daniel was inside all night.
There's no way he could have killed Justine.
I am sorry to tell you, but this will come out.
You better get on top of it.
SAM: But you... you saw the gun at his house.
'Cause somebody wanted me to find it.
You think someone planted it?
We were set up, Sam.
By who?
[WATER SPLASHING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[JUSTINE GASPING]